MAX phases: Opening new doorways with machinable ceramics

Ceramics are traditionally viewed as brittle materials that can be difficult to machine. However, MAX phases, which garnered interest in the 1990s as a bridge between metals and ceramics, helped fundamentally shift these traditional views.¹

MAX phases are a family of ternary carbides and nitrides with the general formula M_n₊₁AX_n, where M refers to an early transition metal, A is an A-group element, and X is carbon or nitrogen.

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MAX phases: Opening new doorways with machinable ceramics

Ceramics are traditionally viewed as brittle materials that can be difficult to machine. However, MAX phases, which garnered interest in the 1990s as a bridge between metals and ceramics, helped fundamentally shift these traditional views.1

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Ceramics are traditionally viewed as brittle materials that can be difficult to machine. However, MAX phases, which garnered interest in the 1990s as a bridge between metals and ceramics, helped fundamentally shift these traditional views.¹

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